Branded (1961)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Branded |
| Original title | The mark |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Guy Green |
| script |
Sidney Buchman Stanley Mann |
| production | Raymond Stross |
| music | Richard Rodney Bennett |
| camera | Dudley Lovell |
| cut | Peter Taylor |
| occupation | |
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Branded is a British film drama from 1961 based on the novel of the same name by Charles E. Israel.
action
The Canadian Jim Fuller is growing up to a man full of self-doubt due to his dominant mother. After a hapless relationship with a girl his age, he begins to become more and more interested in younger girls. Finally, he kidnaps a 10-year-old. Although he did nothing else to the child, he is charged with fornication with children and sentenced to three years in prison. There he undergoes group therapy, which the psychiatrist Dr. McNally is headed.
After his release, Dr. McNally as his probation officer and places him in the expanding advertising company of Mr. Clive, who knows of Jim's past. Jim can settle in quickly and his work is valued. His self-esteem continues to rise when he begins to romance with Ruth, Mr. Clive's secretary. The normal relationship that Jim has with Ruth's 11-year-old daughter Janie is also a sign of his stability. Ruth knows about his sentence, but does not know the reason for his conviction.
When a child is attacked by a man who looks a lot like Jim, Jim is quickly suspected. But he has a watertight alibi. At a fair, Jim is recognized by reporter Austin, who is now making his past public. His landlady, Mrs. Cartwright, gave him notice of his furnished room. He loses his job and Ruth also separates from him out of fear for her daughter. Devastated by Dr. Get McNally sent to a mental institution. But the doctor gets Jim to leave town and start a new life somewhere else. Ruth finds Jim there and asks forgiveness. She asks him to start her new life with her.
criticism
The lexicon of international films writes about the film: "The skilfully staged film adaptation of the novel treats the case as a psychoanalytic healing process and follows it discreetly in the style of a time-critical study."
AH Weiler of the New York Times found that the tangled world of a sick mind and the sometimes destructive ignorance, fear, and inadequacy of humans are openly addressed in this largely leisurely but very meaningful film.
Awards
The film was nominated for three film awards, but won none of them.
Stuart Whitman was in 1962 as best actor nominated for an Oscar, Guy Green at the International Film Test Cannes for the Palme d'Or . There was also a nomination for the Samuel Goldwyn Award at the Golden Globe ceremony .
background
In Germany, the film was released for the first time on June 8, 1961, and in the USA on October 2 of the same year.
The main role was originally intended for Richard Burton , but he could not play due to contractual obligations.
Web links
- Branded in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Branded. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed February 2, 2011 .
- ↑ Critique of the New York Times (Eng.)